The Guardian notes that "The Nac Mac Feegle embody the stereotypical Scotsman to great comic effect". In The Art of Discworld, Pratchett identifies The Little Grey Men and Down the Bright Stream, both by "BB", the nom-de-plume of Denys Watkins-Pitchford, as possible inspiration, featuring fairies that could talk to creatures, but "there was nothing tinkly about them they lived in a world of dangers". In the fictional world of the Feegles, the males are rowdy and spend their time drinking, fighting and stealing. According to Sir Pratchett, “They speak a mixture of Gaelic, Old Scots, Glaswegian, and gibberish.” They are strong and resilient. All Feegles have red hair and tattoos that identify their clan. The Nac Mac Feegles' skin is characterized as blue, heavily tattooed and covered with woad. At six inches tall, these fairy folks were are seen as occasionally helpful thieves and pests. The Nac Mac Feegle (also sometimes known as Pictsies, Wee Free Men, the Little Men and "Person or Persons Unknown, Believed to be Armed") are a fictional type of fairy folk that appear in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels Carpe Jugulum, The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, I Shall Wear Midnight, Snuff, and The Shepherd's Crown. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( February 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style.
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